It doesn't happen all the time, but in the moments where you really lose yourself and you fall into this character, it's like time travel.

A whole film is just about arriving at a moment where you hopefully transfer some feeling to the audience.

I believe in what science fiction can do, which is it can set up simple rules that it has to follow to try to illuminate something about the present that is somewhat invisible to us.

One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book.

When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.

Human beings are flawed and complicated and messy.

I'm still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive.

Writing so that I can act became a way of having not more control over my future but not having to wait for permission. You can choose yourself. Hmm, who should play this part? I nominate me!

Life and death and birth is this fantastic mystery that we cannot fully grasp.

I think what's so attractive about acting is that you get to live several lifetimes in one.

People go to the cinema to be moved; they wanna laugh, they wanna cry, they wanna feel something deeply, especially if they're not feeling deeply in their own lives.

The more distortions we have the less attention we can pay to realizing our potential and self- actualization of our personality

When a person exudes passion, it is evident that they love what they are doing. Their passion projects an aura of confidence and decisiveness.

To be a man, a boy must see a man.

Every Christmas, all around Ghana, there are tons of these parties and they are full of everything that exists in human life in Ghana and worldwide.

Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

I love hitting-that's my favorite part of the game.

The Peace you long for also longs for you.

America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.

Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.

We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.